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Pl'lLEG B'ARKER, OF BATTLE CREEK, MIGHIGAN.

l ettcrs Patent No.'77,158, dated April 28, 186.8.

IMPROVEMENT IN LATEES FOR GUTTING IRREGULAR FORMS.

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TO- WIIOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Know all men that I, PELEG BARKER, of the city of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, and State of Michigan, have invented a'new and useful Improvement in an Improve'd Apparatns for Fluting Furniture, Columns, or any other articles, and for chamfering frames for machinery or agricultural iinplements, or sticks of woed for any other purpose, and for hollowing staves and Wood for other purposes; and do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the acconipanying drawings, and 'to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of these specifications. v

The nature of this invcntion is so to construct a machine/for fluting, chamfering, andhollowing purposes, that it can be used across instead of with the grain of the Wood, withcurved or bowed knives' or cutters.

The accompanying drawing is a very faithful representation of my apparatus.V

A is a frame, upon which is placed the mandrel B,having attached to its=outr ends the curvedor bowshaped knives or cutters Ci C', the mandrel being driven bya proper belt running upon the-pulley D. A guiderest, E, is placed in front and diagonal with the cuttervfaee plate F, and so arranged as to allow the cutter to pass through the edge of the guide-rest in its downward motion, thereby chamfe'ring or Cutting the timber transversely with the grain.

The back end of the ways, near the cutter, is placed further from the cuttor, allowing it to clear and not cut the timber in its upward motion. Various forms and shapes of ways may be substituted, so that any dosircd angle may be obtained. p The sliding frame G is placed under land inclined from the outer to the inner end of the mandrel, secnred and adjusted by 'the ways H, and is provided with a centre-point insde,.at its lower end, at its opposite and upper end, with centre-point at the inner' end of the screw J, which is operated by the lever K. I The divi'sion-plate L is placed upon and back of the centre-point onitlie screw J, and rotating freely upon it, and is held in position by the collar M, preventng it' from sliding hack, and holding. it firmly in its place. The plate is provided With proper spurs', which pierce'the end of the wood, (theother end being secured in its position by the centre-point at the opposite and lowerend.) The plate is held in position by the rod N, passing throughthe framework,` to and through proper holes in the plate.

The dagonal relation of the way` J with the mandrel admts of a small cutter, allowing the Wood being operated uponr to pass under the pulley.

` The leg or column to be fluted, or sta've to be hollowed, is placed in said sliding frame G, secured by said points, the plate L, provided with the spnrs and the rod N, the whole moving under the cutter O on the ways .H, which'are supported on inolined planes, allowing the same to be elevated or deprcssed, according to the size of the column or stick to be fluted or hollowed.

What I claim as'my invention, and desire to securel by4 Letters Patent, is-

i The sliding adjustable frame G, containing the holding-devices'for the uncut timber, arranged relatively with the curv'ed knife C, ,when constructed and Operating ns describcd.

PELEG BARKER.

Witnesses:

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